High Court stops FG $418m deductions from states’ account

THE Federal Government has been stopped from executing its plan to deduct $418 million from the bank account of the 36 states of the Federation.

This was after a Federal High Court in Abuja made the ruling on Friday, November 5, 2021.

The restraining order was issued by Justice Inyang Ekwo against the Federal Government on Friday following an ex-parte application brought by the counsels to the 36 states, Jibril Otukepa and Ahmed Raji.

While moving the application, Okutepa who led the legal team of the states told the judge that the states would be completely crippled if the federal government should go ahead to deduct the huge amount from the bank accounts of their clients.